Katsina figure

Museum number:
2-72213
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
84 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4765
Description:
Waka cow katsina (kachina); carved and painted wooden figure; case mask with cow snout and ears, bulbous eyes, cow horns and green Douglas fir ruff; 3 standing feathers at back. Face painted white and black with red highlights; ears red and black, feather pompom at back of head. Body painted white with black markings like a cow. Carved leather kilt. D. Ray, carver.
Donor:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Collection place:
Eastern Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
North America, United States, Arizona, Hopi
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Lorrie L. Greene and Richard L. Greene
Materials:
Cottonwood root, Leather, and Paint (coating)
Taxon:
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Kachina dolls and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 25, 2008
Context of use:
ceremonial or religious
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
depth 17 centimeters, height 28 centimeters, width 14.7 centimeters, width 16.5 centimeters, height 36.5 centimeters, and length 16.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Katsina figure, accession number 2-72213, described as Waka cow katsina (kachina); carved and painted wooden figure; case mask with cow snout and ears, bulbous eyes, cow horns and green Douglas fir ruff; 3 standing feathers at back. Face painted white and black with red highlights; ears red and black, feather pompom at back of head. Body painted white with black markings like a cow. Carved leather kilt. D. Ray, carver.

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